“Paradisin'” entices the atmosphere of a Japanese video game arcade. Rina discusses how she’s living her best life in paradise with her friends and family through nostalgic tales from her childhood. "I wanted to write a theme song for a TV show. Like if my life, my teenage years, was like a TV show, then what would be the soundtrack, the opening credits? It really reminded me of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and that kind of fast BPM you’d get in the ’80s. I think it’s at 130 or 140 BPM. I was really wild when I was a teenager, and that sense of adventure comes from a productio… read more
“Paradisin'” entices the atmosphere of a Japanese video game arcade. Rina discusses how she’s living her best life in paradise with her friends … read more
“Paradisin'” entices the atmosphere of a Japanese video game arcade. Rina discusses how she’s living her best life in paradise with her friends and family through nostalgic tales fr… read more
Rina Sawayama (born 16 August 1990 in Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese-British London-based singer, songwriter, producer, model, and actor. Born and raised in Japan until moving to the UK at the age of 5, Rina would go on to study politics at Cambridge University. At university, she decided to pursue both modeling and her love for singing. She would go on to experiment in a hip hop group before deciding to pursue her interest in R&B and pop music. Rina began collaborating with London-based producer Hoost and released her debut single ’Sleeping In Waking’ in 2013. In 2016, she was … read more
Rina Sawayama (born 16 August 1990 in Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese-British London-based singer, songwriter, producer, model, and actor. Born and raised in Japan until moving to the UK at t… read more
Rina Sawayama (born 16 August 1990 in Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese-British London-based singer, songwriter, producer, model, and actor. Born and raised in Japan until moving to the UK at the age of 5, Rina would go on to study politic… read more